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SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's petrochemical manufacturers plan to

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SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top central banker said Friday the Bank

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SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.71 percent higher late
Friday morning as foreign and institutional investors snapped up shares of tech

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top trade official said Friday that the
government will not respond if the United States repeats its demand to amend a

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is
considering punishing Kookmin Bank over the lender's alleged interference in a

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will soon decide whether to accept North
Korea's proposal for talks on reopening tours to two border areas in the North, a

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SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Friday

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean medical assistance team left for Haiti
Friday morning, joining with international efforts to help residents in the

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SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top 30 conglomerates plan to boost their

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker,
said Friday it aims to capture a 52 percent of the domestic market this year,